Rock Me, Amadeus
Sunday 6:30 - 8 a.m.
Host name(s):
Erik
Genre of Music:
Classical Music (choral, orchestral, chamber)
Why is this music important in today's scene?
Musical forms and techniques in all genres of modern music trace their roots to classical music. Whether you like the Beatles' use of looping background sounds on their Sgt. Pepper's album (pioneered by Karlheinz Stockhausen), the atmospheric sounds of bands like Godspeed You! Black Emperor (pioneered by modernists like Steve Reich), or the lamenting bass lines of Bob Dylan and Led Zeppelin (made famous by Claudio Monteverdi and Henry Purcell), it is hard to deny the influence that even the oldest classical music has on the music that we listen to today.
Where did this music come from?
Originating as chant in medieval times, classical music developed into the madrigals of the renaissance, the operas of the Baroque period, and symphonies of the Classical period, the light folk dances and brooding masterworks of the Romantic period, and the dissonant yet intriguing pieces of the Modern, Post-Modern, and Contemporary periods.
Why are you doing this show?
I am doing this show in order to educate the loyal K listership on the merits of the "classics", to challenge their critical listening with modern works, and to present classical music in a fun and interesting way. Classical music is a passion of mine, and I want to share that with all of our listeners.
Who's your favorite artist or song?
I'm going to interpret this question in two different ways. My favorite composers would have to be, in rough chronological order: Palestrina, Gesualdo, Scarlatti (either of 'em), Bach, Hassler, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Dvorak, Stravinsky, Copland...and on, and on. In terms of my favorite artists, there are a few that I always look for when acquiring new recordings. They are as follows: Chanticleer, Cantus, King's Singers, Hilliard Ensemble, Rose Ensemble, Anonymous 4, Academy of Ancient Music (Christopher Hogwood), Berlin Philharmonic (von Karajan, or whomever), London Symphony Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic, just to name a few.
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Playlist - 5/19/2013
Humoresque No.1 from Humoresque, Op.101 (Dvorak) - Orion Weiss
Sonata 1 (Cage) - Boris Berman
I. Allegro Moderato - Agitato from Piano Sonata No.1, Op.8 (Szymanowski) - Sinae Lee
IV. Menuet - Trio - Polonaise from Brandenburg Concerto No.1 in F (Bach, J.S.) - Academy of St. Martin In the Fields, Carl Pini: Sir Neville Marriner
Adagio and Fugue in D minor (Bach, W.F.) - Irish Baroque Orchestra: Monica Huggett
II. On the Beach At Night, Alone from Symphony No.1 "A Sea Symphony" (Vaughan Williams) - Atlanta Symphony Orchestra: Robert Spano
III. Scherzo: Vivace from Symphony No.1 (Ives) - Los Angeles Philharmonic: Zubin Mehta
Soldiers of Heaven Hold the Sky from Act 1, Scene 1 of Nixon in China (Adams) - Orchestra of St. Luke's: Edo de Waart
1. Allegro Vivo from Symphony #1 in C (Bizet) - London Festival Orchestra: Alfred Scholz
4. Menuetto from Serenade #1 in D, Op.11 (Brahms) - Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Charles McKerras
III. Scherzo: Allegro Assai from Trio in E-flat Major, Op.1, No.1 (Beethoven) - Claremont Trio
2. Andante Cantabile Con Moto from Symphony No.1 in C, Op.21 (Beethoven) - Cleveland Orchestra: Christoph von Dohnanyi
I. The Stick Dance from Romanian Folk Dances (Bartok) - Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra: Adam Fischer
V. Ritual of the Rival Tribes from Part I (Adoratoin of the Earth) The Rite of Spring (Stravinsky) - London Symphony Orchestra: Robert Craft
Overture from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.21 (Mendelssohn) - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra: Rafael Kubelik
Playlist - 5/12/2013
Io Parto E Non Piu Dissi from Madrigals for 5 Voices, Book 6 (Gesualdo) - Il Complesso Barocco & Alan Curtis
Luci Serene E Chiare from Quarto Libro di Madrigali, 1596 (Gesualdo) - Claudio Cavina, La Venexiana
Da La Belle Contrade D'oriente (da Rore) - Anthony Rooley, The Consort of Musicke
Satiati Amor, Ch'a Piu Doglioso Amante a 6 Voci (Marenzo) - Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini
Cruda Amarilli from Quinto Libro Dei Madrigali (Monteverdi) - Anthony Rooley, The Consort of Musicke
Exultate Justi (da Viadana) - James O'Donnell, Westminster Cathedral Choir
Surge, Propera (Palestrina) - Chanticleer
Deus, Deus Meus, Respice in Me (Gabrieli, A) - Chanticleer
Domine Ad Adiuvandum from Vespers of the Blessed Virgin (1610) (Monteverdi) - Konrad Junghanel: Cantus Coln, Concerto Palatino
Una Hora Non Potuistis from Tenebrae Responseries from 3rd Nocturn (Gesualdo) - The King's Singers
Gia Il Sole Dal Gange (Scarlatti, A) - Cecilia Bartoli, Gyorgy Fischer
Pur Dicesti, O Bocca Bella (Lotti) - Cecilia Bartoli, Gyorgy Fischer
Vittoria, Mio Core! (Carissimi) - Cecilia Bartoli, Gyorgy Fischer
Come Nave in Mezzo All'Onde (Porpora) - Cecilia Bartoli; Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini
Rosa del Ciel from L'Orfeo, Act 1 (Monteverdi) - Claudio Cavina, Ensemble La Venexiana
Va, Pensiero, Sull'ali Dorate from Nabucco (Verdi) - Chor und Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Guiseppe Sinopoli, Walter Hagen-Groll
Una Voce Poco Fa from Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) - Beverly Sills; James Levine, John Alldis Choir and London Symphony Orchestra
Il Dolce Suono from Lucia Di Lammermoor (Donizetti, G) - Ann Murray, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Samuel Ramey
Le Voci Delle Brezze, Delle Acque e Dei Fiori from La Primavera (Respighi) - Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Adriano
Absolve Domine (Pedini) - Fratelli Mancuso
Playlist - 5/5/2013
Canzon Per Sonar Primi Toni (Gabrieli, G) - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Ricercare After the Credo from Mass for the Madonna, In Fiori Musicali (Frescobaldi) - Rinaldo Alessandrini
Toccata from L'Orfeo (Monteverdi) - English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
Ia. Allegro from Concerto in D Major, Op.3 No.1 (Locatelli) - Elizabeth Wallfisch, The Raglan Baroque Players, Nicholas Kraemer
Adagio in G minor (Albinoni) - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Groves
1. Grave from Sonata #2 in B-flat (Corelli) - Trio Corelli
2. Allegro from Sonata #2 in B-flat (Corelli) - Trio Corelli
1. Allegro from Concerto Grosso #6 in E (Scarlatti, A) - Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
3. Largo from Concerto Grosso #6 in E (Scarlatti, A) - Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
1. Presto from Sinfonia in C (Scarlatti, D) - Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
3. Allegrissimo from Sinfonia in C (Scarlatti, D) -Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
Presto from Concerto "La Notte" (Vivaldi) - Rebel Baroque Ensemble
Il Sonno: Largo from Concerto "La Notte" (Vivaldi) - Rebel Baroque Ensemble
Allegro from Concerto "La Notte" (Vivaldi) - Rebel Baroque Ensemble
Concertino 1T from Ouverture Pirma (Salieri) - Paolo Pollastri & Quartetto Amati
3. Minuetto from Guitar Quintet #1 in D minor, G 445 (Boccherini) - Academy of St. Martin In the Fields Chamber Ensemble, Pepe Romero
Ballet Music from Aida, Act II (Verdi) - Album: 50 of the Greatest: Verdi
Grand March from Aida, Act II (Verdi) - Album: 50 of the Greatest: Verdi
Overture from William Tell (Rossini) - London Philharmonic Orchestra
2. Danza Rustica from Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite #2 (Respighi) - Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Neville Marriner
Intermezzo from Madama Butterfly, Act II (Puccini) - Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
Part 5 from "Stagioni" Per Flauti, Violino, Archi, Clavicembalo e Arciliuto (Guarnieri) - Ensemble Respighi, Annamaria Morini, Marco Rogliano
Lumen (Donatoni) - Gruppo Musica Insieme di Cremona, Andrea Molino
Playlist - 4/28/2013
Antiphon: O quam mirabilis est (von Bingen) - Anonymous 4
Es Ist ein Ros' entsprungen (Praetorius) - King's Singers
Cantate Domino (Hassler) - King's Singers
Die Himmel erzahlen die Ehre Gottes (Schutz) - King's Singers
9. Esurientes Implevit from Magnificat in D (Bach) - Academy of St. Martin In the Fields; Sir Neville Marriner
Va Tacito E Nascosto from Giulio Cesare In Egitto (Handel) - Bryn Terfel; Sir Charles MacKerras: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Dies Irae from Requiem Mass (Mozart) - Academy of Ancient Music; Westminster Cathedral Choir: Christopher Hogwood
Ein Madchen oder Weibchen from Die Zauberflote (Mozart) - Bryn Terfel; Sir Charles MacKerras: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen uber dir from Elijah (Mendelssohn) - Stuttgart Chamber Choir
Lift Thine Eyes from Elijah (Mendelssohn) - Cantus
Italien (Fanny Mendelssohn) - Julianne Baird (soloist), Keith Weber (piano)
Wenn Ich in Deinen Augen Seh' from Dichterliebe (Schumann) - King's Singers
Die Nacht (Schubert) - Cantus
3. Regina Caeli Laetare from 3 Sacred Choruses (Brahms) - Corydon Singers: Matthew Best
4. Wie Lieblich Sind Deine Wohnungen from Ein Deutsches Requiem (Brahms) - Margaret Hillis; Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus: James Levine
Da Zu Dir Der Heiland Kam from Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (Wagner) - Chor Des Reichssenders Leipzig and the Dresden State Opera Chorus
Ah! voyez le ciel s'ouvre from Les Huguenots (Meyerbeer) - Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Anastasios Vrenios, Martina Arroyo, New Philharmonica Orchestra, Nicola Ghiuselev and Richard Bonynge
Mutterlandelei (Strauss) - Aline Kutan and Louise-Andree Baril
Fortuna Imperatrix Munid: Fortune Plango Vulnera from Carmina Burana (Orff) - Boston Symphony Orchestra and Chorus: Seiji Ozawa
Friede Auf Erden (Schoenberg) - Handel and Haydn Society Chorus
Playlist - 4/21/2013
Suite of Gavottes from Terpsichore (Praetorius) - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
2. Vivace from Trio Sonata in A minor "Gypsy" (Telemann) - Red Priest
1. Canon from Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D-Major (Pachelbel) - Progetto Avanti
VI. Minuet for the French Horn from Water Music Suite No.1 in F Major (Handel) - Academy of Ancient Music; Chritsopher Hogwood
1. Allegro from Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D (Bach) - Academy of St. Martin In the Fields; Sir Neville Marriner
Presto from Symphony No.100 in G "Military" (Haydn) - Capella Istropolitana; Barry Wordsworth
2. Andantino from Piano Concerto No.14 in E-flat (Mozart) - Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood; Robert Levin (pianist)
3. Scherzo: Allegro Vivace from Symphony No.3 in E-flat "Eroica" (Beethoven) - Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph von Dohnanyi
3. Un Poco Allegretto E Grazioso from Symphony No.1 in C-minor (Brahms) - Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph von Dohnanyi
Nocturne from A Midsummer Night's Dream (Mendelssohn) - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Rafael Kubelik
Entry of the Gods Into Valhalla from Das Rheingold (Wagner) - Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Uwe Mund
X. Nacht from Eine Alpensinfonie (Strauss, R) - London Symphony Orchestra; Bernard Haitink
IIc. Feierlich un Gemessen, Ohne Zu Schleppen from Symphony No.1 in D-major "Titan" (Mahler) - London Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Berstein
Work No.4 from Klavierstuck V (Stockhausen) - Fredrik Ullen (pianist)
II. Canon from String Quartet No.1 (Schnittke) - Kronos Quartet
Largo Con Gran Espressione from Vier Klavierstucke (Rihm) - Udo Falkner (pianist)
